choose a healthy recipe. Then you made a plan to scale it up to cook for a large party. You found how many servings the original recipe made. Then you accounted for the number of guests. You multiplied the original measurements to find the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to make one serving for each guest. This involved multiplying fractions.
describe your cooking plans to your peers. Explain how you multiplied fractions to solve the problem:
Describe the healthy recipe you chose.
List the measurement of each ingredient in the original recipe and how many people it serves. List the number of people invited to your party.
Explain how you calculated the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to prepare enough servings for all of your guests.
State the amount of each ingredient you’ll need to cook for your party.
Describe other ways you use fractions to benefit your health in real life. For instance, do you use them for structuring an exercise routine or scheduling daily activities? Name a situation that might require you to multiply fractions or mixed numbers. Specify whether you would be multiplying a fraction or mixed number by an integer or multiplying two fractions or mixed numbers together. write in 4 sentences and include all ingredients. food serving: quino salad
For my healthy recipe, I chose a quinoa salad. The original recipe makes 4 servings. I am planning to cook for a party of 20 people.
In the original recipe, the measurements for each ingredient are:
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 cup diced cucumber
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
To calculate the amount of each ingredient needed for my party, I first multiplied the original measurements by 5 (20 guests / 4 servings). This involved multiplying the whole numbers and fractions separately.
For example, to find the amount of cooked quinoa needed, I multiplied 1 cup by 5 to get 5 cups of cooked quinoa.
Following the same method, I multiplied each ingredient measurement by 5 to find the amount needed for my party of 20 people:
- 5 cups cooked quinoa
- 5 cups diced cucumber
- 5 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 1/4 cups diced red onion
- 1 1/4 cups chopped fresh parsley
- 10 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
Using fractions in everyday life can also benefit our health. For example, when creating an exercise routine, we can allocate a certain fraction of our time for cardio exercises, weight training, and stretching. Additionally, when scheduling daily activities, we can divide our time into fractions to ensure a balanced and productive day. One situation that might require multiplying fractions is when calculating the amount of medication needed based on body weight, where you would multiply the prescribed dosage (a fraction or mixed number) by the individual's weight (an integer) to get the correct amount.